Thanksgiving may mean eating turkey sandwiches on cardboard-box tables for plenty of home buyers this year. Buyers and sellers defied seasonal cooling patterns to turn in the strongest October housing market in three years, according to the latest market report 1 from Zillow®. Improved housing affordability helped drive a rare fall surge in sellers both listing their homes and accepting offers from buyers; both metrics are up 5% year over year to levels not seen in October since 2022, and both stayed flat from September instead of ticking down, as they typically do this time of year.

“Buyers and sellers both got some badly needed relief to perk up what is typically a shoulder season for the housing market. The reaction to lower rates shows that buyers are ready to make offers wh

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